Good morning, CIOs. In career planning, many executives strive to work in senior posts at ever larger organizations, and chief information officers are no exception. But a significant share of CIOs are drawn to the opposite trajectory, seeking roles at startups. With the allure of the new, there's a chance to influence technology directly and the opportunity for a big payday. Damian Sutcliffe, a 20-plus year veteran at Goldman Sachs Group Inc., is the latest corporate technology leader try a startup. He is now an advisor at London-based fintech startup ipushpull, as CIO Journal reports.

Entrepreneurs in the making. A recent Korn/Ferry survey found nearly 10% of 199 corporate technology executives said they wanted to join a startup or start their own business.

Adaptable skills. While most corporate executive skills transfer to other sectors, that’s especially so for CIOs, Mr. Sutcliffe says: “Technology is everywhere.”

LATEST FROM CIO JOURNAL

U.S. workers seek new American dream. As both blue-collar and white-collar jobs falls to automation, the U.S. labor force must build technology skills for their own advancement as well as to keep America competitive, writes columnist Irving Wladawsky-Berger. "Economists don’t generally agree on much, given the complexities of their discipline," he writes. "But they’re pretty much of one mind when it comes to the growing importance of skills and education in our 21st century digital economy."

Amazon wants in on your medicine cabinet. Amazon.com Inc.’s acquisition of online pharmacy startup PillPack will give the tech company insight into people’s prescriptions. That means it’s getting into the highly regulated realm of health information with more restrictions than it is accustomed to for what’s OK and what isn’t when it comes to data mining, report WSJ’s Laura Stevens and Sharon Terlep.

Dell may go public.Dell Inc. is nearing a deal that would once again make the PC and data-storage giant a public company, according to people familiar with the matter, report Dana Cimilluca and Dana Mattioli in the Journal. The company plans to announce that it intends to acquire via a share swap the DVMT tracking stock, which tracks its fast-growing VMware Inc. virtualization-software unit.

Japan's Uzabase to buy Quartz. Online business-news startup Quartz is getting a new parent: Uzabase Inc., a Japanese firm focused on financial intelligence and media. The move is another sign of the rise of digital subscription model in news as Facebook Inc. and Alphabet Inc.'s Google dominate volatile digital ad business, reports the Journal's Benjamin Mullin. Quartz publisher Jay Lauf said he expects reader revenue to become the biggest source of growth for Quartz, though advertising will continue to represent the majority of business.

Taiwan’s tech secrets under assault. Chinese companies are accused of poaching employees and stealing data from Taiwanese semiconductor companies in a covert war for the technology that increasingly powers the modern global economy, reports the Journal's Chuin-Wei Yap. Taiwan is a self-governed island that makes two-thirds of the world’s semiconductors.

Comcast goes dark. Cuts to two fiber lines caused a widespread system failure at cable giant Comcast Corp. on Friday that knocked out cable, internet and phone services around the country, reports WSJ’s Maria Armental. The system failure, which appeared to be confined to Comcast’s network, also disrupted connectivity to services such as Netflix Inc. and Okta Inc. Comcast said the damages lines are owned by CenturyLink Inc. and Zayo Group Holdings Inc.

More data privacy trouble for Facebook. Facebook Inc. disclosed to Congress that it gave dozens of companies special access to user data, detailing for the first time a spate of deals that contrasted with the social network’s previous public statements that it restricted personal information to outsiders in 2015, writes the Journal's Georgia Wells. It was still sharing information of users’ friends, such as name, gender, birth date, current city or hometown, photos and page likes, with 61 app developers nearly six months after it said it stopped access to this data in 2015.

Tesla reaches production goal. Tesla Inc. built its 5,000th Model 3 sedan in about a single week as workers celebrated early Sunday, reaching a long-delayed goal that should ease some scrutiny on the unprofitable auto maker in its bid to become a mainstream provider of electric vehicles, WSJ's Tim Higgins reports. The milestone is critical because Mr. Musk and analysts have said that the 5,000-a-week rate would allow Tesla to generate enough cash to sustain operations and reach profitability.

Apple overhauls its maps app.Apple Inc. is rebuilding the mapping service on its iPhones with data gathered by its own fleet of sensor-equipped vans and with anonymous data from users who opt in, according to Reuters. TomTom NV will continue to be a data provider for the app.

Facial recognition technology helps identify suspected gunman. Police used facial recognition technology to apprehend a suspect in the shootings at The Capital Gazette’s newsroom in Annapolis, Md., on Thursday, underscoring how quickly officials can pinpoint suspects using the technology, reports the New York Times. Proponents see the technology as a powerful tool for catching criminals, while civil liberties experts have warned that it can threated privacy, according to the Times.

Chinese, UK partners form $15B tech fund. A China-backed venture plans to raise $15 billion to invest in technology companies globally, Reuters reports. China Merchants Group and peer SPF Group will join with London-based investment firm Centricus to launch the China New Era Technology Fund. Dalinc Ariburnu, co-founder of Centricus, which advised Softbank on its fund, said scale was increasingly important in the race to attract the best investments.